Automated summary

Generates a publication-quality methodology diagram from a text file describing the method, using the PaperBanana MCP tool (with a CLI fallback).

Strengths

Turns a plain text method description into a methodology figure with little manual work
Uses a dedicated MCP tool with an explicit CLI fallback when the tool is unavailable
Accepts a caption passed as an argument or asks the user to describe the intended figure
Runs three iterations by default to refine the output

Limitations

Requires the PaperBanana MCP tool or a locally installed paperbanana CLI
Does not specify the exact output format or diagram styling options
Assumes the input file already contains a usable textual description of the methodology

When to use it

Use it when you need a ready methodology figure for a paper or report and already have the method described in text.

When not to use it

Avoid it when no structured method text exists, or when neither the PaperBanana MCP tool nor the CLI is available.

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score78/100

The skill only reads a text file and invokes a diagram-generation tool, with Bash narrowly scoped to `paperbanana *`. There are no destructive commands, no shell pipelines, no obfuscation, no credential access, and no attempts to disable safeguards. The only notable consideration is that file content is sent to a third-party generation service, which is inherent to the tool's stated purpose.

Findings

•Reads an arbitrary user-supplied file path and forwards its contents to an external diagram-generation service (MCP tool or `paperbanana` CLI); this is the intended function but means file content leaves the local environment.

How this analysis is made

Examples

Diagram from method file

/generate-diagram method.txt "Overview of our encoder-decoder architecture"

Caption requested interactively

/generate-diagram docs/methodology.md — ask me for the caption and generate the figure

CLI fallback

paperbanana generate --input method.txt --caption "Pipeline of our training procedure"

user-invocable: true allowed-tools:

mcp__paperbanana__generate_diagram
Read
"Bash(paperbanana *)"

Generate Diagram

Name: Generate Methodology Diagram
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Generate a publication-quality methodology diagram from a text file using PaperBanana.

Instructions

Read the file at $ARGUMENTS[0] to get the methodology text content.
If $ARGUMENTS[1] is provided, use it as the figure caption. Otherwise, ask the user for a caption describing what the diagram should communicate.
Call the MCP tool generate_diagram with:
- source_context: the text content read from the file
- caption: the figure caption
- iterations: 3 (default)
Present the generated diagram to the user.

CLI Fallback

If the MCP tool is not available, fall back to the CLI:

paperbanana generate --input <file> --caption "<caption>"

Example

/generate-diagram method.txt "Overview of our encoder-decoder architecture"

From the file to a first result

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1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

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2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

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3. Load the skill

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Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/generate-methodology-diagram-mm5t8bag/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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